Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER REGULATION 2016 - REG 96

96 Destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring—Act, s 814

(1) For section 814 (2) (i) of the Act , destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring is permitted if the destruction, excavation or placing of fill is carried out under—

(a) a lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum Act 1923 ; or

(b) a licence, petroleum lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum and Gas Act : or

(c) a licence under the Fossicking Act 1994 ; or

(d) an environmental authority for a resource activity; or

(e) the document called ‘Riverine Protection Permit Exemption Requirements’ approved by the chief executive and published on the department’s website or the Queensland Government business and industry portal.

(2) In this section—

"resource activity" see the Environmental Protection Act 1994 , section 107 .